Rapids midfielder Wells Thompson might get some more use out of the gray, custom-tailored suit the team gave him to wear to the White House on Monday. Because it already represents a special occasion, he’s thinking about wearing it for his wedding in December.

“We were in New York and got fitted for those,” Thompson said. “Apparently the people who fitted us fitted (President) Obama and do his suits.”

Thompson is marrying his high school sweetheart, Daphne Clinard, but their romance goes back even further than that. They grew up together in Winston-Salem, N.C.

“We’ve known each other our whole lives,” Thompson said. “She was my first girlfriend in third grade, first kiss in fourth grade. She thought things were getting a little too serious in fourth grade, so we took a little break.”

MONTREAL — It’s a big deal to play or coach hockey in Montreal and Toronto, and for first-year Avalanche coach Jared Bednar, it’s bound to be extra special because it will be his first time in those historic Original Six markets. Indeed, the Canadian native from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, has never been to the Bell Centre or Air Canada Centre — where...

Shortly before the season began, Holmes, who had been dealing with a nagging hip since September, finally went in to get an X-ray to get the injury addressed. That X-ray revealed a mass on his hip, and following a biopsy, doctors diagnosed Holmes with Osteosarcoma.